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North Brentwood Historic District

Inventory No.: PG:68-61

Date Listed: 11/21/2003

Location: North Brentwood, Prince Georges County

Category: District

Period/Date of Construction: 1891-1950

Resources: 167 (126 contributing, 39 non-contributing)

Description: North Brentwood, the earliest incorporated African American community in Prince George's County, is a small residential neighborhood located between the City of Hyattsville on the north and the Town of Brentwood on the south. Its easternmost boundary is the CSX (B&O) Railroad, and although it straddles Rhode Island Avenue (US 1), most of the town is located on the northwest side of that road. The town of North Brentwood is bounded on the south and west by the Town of Brentwood, while its northern boundary is defined by the Northwest Branch. The community comprises 128 buildings reflecting its development over the period 1891-1950. All of the early dwellings built in North Brentwood were of wood frame construction, and the earliest buildings represented all of the modest house forms that were popular at the time, including the ubiquitous I-house, and several varieties of urban-vernacular dwellings well suited for the deep, narrow lots. The 1920s brought a new variety of house forms, with bungalows, multi-family houses, and larger Foursquares. Small cottages built of brick were introduced in the period immediately following World War II.

Significance: North Brentwood is of particular significance in the African-American history of Prince George's County. The community was planned specifically for black families by Captain Wallace A. Bartlett, a veteran commander of the U. S. Colored Troops. Beginning at the end of the 19th century, the town was settled by black families seeking, through home ownership, some control over their lives in a segregated society. In spite of significant drawbacks (e.g., the potential for severe flooding from the Northwest Branch, and the fact that only the less valuable/desirable lots were sold to African Americans), these early owners developed their own political and social institutions, and created a successful community. North Brentwood is the first African-American community to have been incorporated in Prince George's County. The surviving historic buildings illustrate the forms and styles of buildings typically constructed in working-class suburban communities of the period, and many have been preserved through methods that clearly reflect the efforts and hardships of a working-class minority community.

District Resources (167) (126 contributing, 39 non-contributing)

From associated listing in National Register nomination form. C = Contributing, NC = non-contributing, blank = not evaluated.

Address	Status	Resource Name and MIHP (if any)
4503 39th Place	C
4507 39th Place	C
4514 39th Place	C
4515 39th Place	C
4516 39th Place	C
4518 39th Place	C
4520 39th Place	C
4522 39th Place	C
4524 39th Place	C
4525 39th Place	C
4526 39th Place	C
4528 39th Place	C
4412 40th Street	C
4501 40th Street	C
4503 40th Street	C
4505 40th Street	C
4508 40th Street	C
4509 40th Street	C
4510 40th Street	C	PG:68-61-19 -- Garland-Palmer House (James Jasper House)
4511 40th Street	C
4512 40th Street	C	PG:68-61-20 -- Sandy P. Baker House (Jasper-Baker House)
4514 40th Street	C
4516 40th Street	C
4518 40th Street	C
4526 40th Street	C
4528 40th Street	C	PG:68-61-2 -- Robert Orr House
4606 40th Street	C
4501 41st Avenue	C	PG:68-61-8 -- Edith Mason House
4502 41st Avenue	C
4504 41st Avenue	C	PG:68-61-7 -- A.A. Randall House
4506 41st Avenue	C
4508 41st Avenue	C
4513 41st Avenue	C
4516 41st Avenue	C	PG:68-61-21 -- Sis' Tavern (Baby Dee's)
4517 41st Avenue	C
4523 41st Avenue	C
4528 41st Avenue	C
4530 41st Avenue	C
4533 41st Avenue	C	PG:68-61-17 -- Owings House No. 2
4534 41st Avenue	C
4535 41st Avenue	C	PG:68-61-5 -- Owings House
4536 41st Avenue	C
4537 41st Avenue	C	PG:68-61-18 -- Owings House No. 3
4540 41st Avenue	C
4542 41st Avenue	C
3908 Allison Street	C
3910 Allison Street	C
3912 Allison Street	C
3917 Allison Street	C
3918 Allison Street	C
3919 Allison Street	C
3920 Allison Street	C
3922 Allison Street	C
3924 Allison Street	C
3928 Allison Street	C
3930 Allison Street	C
4000 Allison Street	C
4003 Allison Street	C
4007 Allison Street	C
4009 Allison Street	C
4500 Banner Street	C
4501 Banner Street	C
4502 Banner Street	C
4503 Banner Street	C
4504 Banner Street	C
4506 Banner Street	C
4508 Banner Street	C
4509 Banner Street	C
4514 Banner Street	C	PG:68-61-25 -- James and Virginia Holmes House
4518 Banner Street	C
4519 Banner Street	C
4522 Banner Street	C
4525 Banner Street	C
4526 Banner Street	C
4530 Banner Street	C
4532 Banner Street	C
4533 Banner Street	C
4536 Banner Street	C
4537 Banner Street	C
4541 Banner Street	C
4505 Church Street	C	PG:68-61-10 -- Nelson-Queen House
4514 Rhode Island Avenue	C
4508 Rhode Island Avenue (US 1)	C	PG:68-37 -- Randall-Dimes House
4512 Rhode Island Avenue (US 1)	C	PG:68-38 -- Quander House
3904 Wallace Road	C
3906 Wallace Road	C
3908 Wallace Road	C
3910 Wallace Road	C
3911 Wallace Road	C	PG:68-61-3 -- William H. Thomas House
3912 Wallace Road	C
3913 Wallace Road	C
3914 Wallace Road	C
3916 Wallace Road	C
3918 Wallace Road	C
4005 Wallace Road	C	PG:68-61-24 -- Wigginton-Brown-Bellows House
3903 Webster Street	C
3904 Webster Street	C
3906 Webster Street	C
3907 Webster Street	C
3909 Webster Street	C
3910 Webster Street	C
3911 Webster Street	C
3912 Webster Street	C
3914 Webster Street	C	PG:68-61-13 -- Foursquare on Webster Street
3916 Webster Street	C	PG:68-61-15 -- Foursquare on Webster Street
3918 Webster Street	C	PG:68-61-16 -- Foursquare on Webster Street
4001 Webster Street	C
4003 Webster Street	C
4005-4007 Webster Street	C
4009-4011 Webster Street	C
4013-4015 Webster Street	C
4017-4019 Webster Street	C
4021 Webster Street	C
4023 Webster Street	C
4031 Webster Street	C
4033 Webster Street	C	PG:68-61-22 -- Quander-Dock House
4035 Webster Street	C
4037 Webster Street	C	PG:68-11 -- North Brentwood African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
3901 Windom Road	C
3903 Windom Road	C
3905 Windom Road	C
3907 Windom Road	C
3909 Windom Road	C
3911 Windom Road	C
3913 Windom Road	C
3915 Windom Road	C
4415 39th Place	NC
4501 39th Place	NC
4517 39th Place	NC
4519 39th Place	NC
4521 39th Place	NC
4523 39th Place	NC
4507 40th Street	NC
4600 40th Street	NC
4602 40th Street	NC
4507 41st Avenue	NC
4519 41st Avenue	NC
4522 41st Avenue	NC
4525 41st Avenue	NC
4526 41st Avenue	NC
4529 41st Avenue	NC	PG:68-61-6 -- Seaburn House
3923 Allison Street	NC
3929 Allison Street	NC
3932 Allison Street	NC
3934 Allison Street	NC
4511 Banner Street	NC
4521 Banner Street	NC
4529 Banner Street	NC
4531 Banner Street	NC
4535 Banner Street	NC
4539 Banner Street	NC
4540 Banner Street	NC
4510 Rhode Island Avenue	NC
3909 Wallace Road	NC
3915 Wallace Road	NC
3917 Wallace Road	NC
3905 Webster Street	NC
3908 Webster Street	NC
3902 Windom Road	NC
3904 Windom Road	NC
3906 Windom Road	NC
3908 Windom Road	NC
3910 Windom Road	NC
3914 Windom Road	NC
3916 Windom Road	NC
4538 41st Avenue		PG:68-61-9 -- McKenzie-Bullock House
3907 Wallace Road		PG:68-61-4 -- Mack Brown House